The next afternoon Nathan decided to go to the groceries. There at the store, after having bought the medications for his father, he was heading out when he bumped into Brooke, and Haley.

"Hey guys, what are you guys doing here?" Nathan asked as he approached the girls. "We came to do some errands" Brooke responded as she gave Nathan a quick hug. Just as the trio got into a weird yet comfortable silence Chase interrupted.

"Hey Caleb, what are you doing here?" Chase asked not realizing that he had just interrupted a very bad silence.

Nathan turned to Chase and shook his hand. "I was just buying some medicine for the family". Chase nodded in response.

"Hey, I'm going to go call Lucas and see if he wants tp go see a movie or something." Brooke said.

"Yeah I'll go with you" Chase said. Nathan turned to Haley and said to her "Hey do you want to come with me and drop this off and then we can go to the dorms and get ready to go later to Nikki's?"

"Yeah, sure" Haley answered rather happy. She turned to Brooke and said to her "Okay and I'll see you in the dorms after you are done with the movie so we can go together" Brooke nodded and left and so did Chase.

"Okay let's go, my car is out here" Nathan nodded towards his car that was parked outside. They go into the car and drove back into town.

"So Haley how do you like being in Tree Hill, I mean it's nothing like Hollywood. Don't like all the celebrities live around there?"

"It's great I mean it's nothing like Hollywood that is for sure, but I didn't ever see any celebrity you're probably talking about Beverly Hills I lived down in North Hollywood, and trust me it was nothing like Tree Hill, I mean don't get me wrong I love North Hollywood but Tree Hill is a lot smaller and…cleaner"

Nathan took his eyes of the road for a couple of seconds to look at her. She was beautiful and the wind that passed through her blond auburn hair made her look even more beautiful. Haley feeling Nathan's eyes on her turned and looked at him.

"I think that it would be safer if you looked at the road" Haley said as she tried to hide the giggle that was threatening to escape her mouth. Nathan realizing that he must have looked like a moron turned to the road and kept driving. Haley giggled at Nathan's reaction. Even with him not looking at him she saw the redness that took over his cheeks. Nathan turned to Haley and saw her smile God, she looks beautiful when she smiles, and Nathan then turned his eyes back to the road. After what seemed forever Haley spoke again.

"So Nathan where exactly are you taking me" Haley asked as she saw that they were nearing the woods.

"You're not like this physco killer that is going to kill me and leave me out here in the woods" Haley said trying to lighten the mood a little. Nathan laughed at her remark.

"No, not exactly see I was thinking of leaving you here to die of hunger and then come back later on and kill you." Nathan smirking as Haley expression changed. After seeing Nathan smirk Haley smiled.

"No really, where are we, I mean this place is beautiful, I should have brought my camera".

"Well over there to your left is Putnam Barn" Haley turned to her left and sure enough there was a barn.

"Who lives around here?" Haley asked out of curiosity.

"An old friend of the family" Nathan said, not really wanting to get into it. Haley noticing the sudden answer decided to let it go. When they approached the house they heard a gunshot that was fired into the air. Haley let out a muffled scream. Nathan then got out of the car and yelled out "Its okay Sean, it's just me".

Nathan then turned to Haley "Hey I'm going to go and give them their medicine and then I'll be back okay" Haley nodded and climbed back into the car while Nathan walked towards the house. When Nathan was inside he walked up to the room that was upstairs.

"Nathan you know it's dangerous for you to bring people" Sean said to Nathan as soon as he set foot into the room.

"It's okay Sean she is just a friend, is that that all he needs?" Nathan asked as he looked at the other man seated in the chair that was looking out the window, his father. Sean nodded in response. Nathan then turned to Sean and said to him

"Okay I'll see you next week" Nathan said as he walked out of the house and back into his car. On the drive back to the school Nathan and Haley drove in a comfortable silence. Once Nathan had dropped her off back at the school dorms Haley ran to her dorm and found that Brooke was already there getting ready for Nikki's.

"Hey so how was your trip with Nathan?" Brooke asked as she turned to Haley who was looking through her closet for something to wear.

"It was nice" Haley said not really turning to Brooke. Brooke looked at her and saw that it was more than just nice.

"Well okay, but get ready so we can leave to Nikki and meet the boys there." Brooke said as she walked to the bathroom to finish her make up.